Hi SEKINE

On Sat, 14 May 2005, SEKINE Tatsuo wrote:

> Hi.
> 
> According to the page
> 
>   http://www.daemonology.net/hyperthreading-considered-harmful/
> 
> Hyper-Threading on Intel's Penutium 4 series suffers from a
> serious security flaw. Although there is no reference to Linux
> on that page, IMHO, Linux is also affected.

This might help your decision with its effect on Linux. In short
the vulnerability is difficult to implement, and if you have a
**multiuser** system that you think may be subject to attack then
read the thread and look for the links for work-arounds. 

http://lkml.org/lkml/2005/5/13/10

 - dsw

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